Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day - April 2019

Flowering currant

Spring got off to a late start here in the pacific northwest, but now it's progressing as usual - rain, some wind, warm days, cold days, and something new in bloom every time I go outside.

Thanks to Carol at May Dreams Gardens for her monthly roundup of blooms. I'm a day early because I'm travelling for work this week, but determined to not miss this month!

Forget-me-not

Wood sorrel

Wild strawberries

Flowering currant

Bleeding hearts

Anemone coronaria

Daffodils are fading but still nice

Maybe my favorite daffodil

Apples!

Rock cress, mostly grown from seed

Lewisia bloomed all winter, through the snow and cold

I didn't remember all of these tulips! They don't last for years like daffodils, have to keep planting more.

Tulip 'Angelique'

What's next? Lilacs and camas! And peony buds this early?!

In bloom this week: April 30, 2018

Lilacs!

Spring is here, the lilacs are finally blooming! I expect they'll fade quickly though after warm weather last week, then rain, and now more sunshine coming. Ah well, I think there are enough other flowers to console me. 

Lilacs in the rain

Camassia

Camassia

Bleeding hearts filling in nicely along with other native groundcover

Dodecatheon

Limanthes douglasii, Meadow Foam, just starting to bloom

Beargrass!

Apple blossoms

Blueberries

Strawberries

Tulips

Tulips, I'm pretty sure these were all supposed to be the same

Aquilegia, planted from seed 2 years ago

Clematis

Creeping phlox

More aquilegia planted from seed

Forget-me-nots

Coming soon: more camassia, lupine, many bearded irises, and I'm very excited that all three of my peonies have buds.

Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day - April 2018

Bleeding heart and flowering currant

We've had more than the average rainfall for the whole month of April so far this month, and it seems like plants are behind in growing and blooming. But I checked last year and it was pretty similar - and there's actually a lot in bloom, especially since I've been adding bulbs every year. Tulips and crocuses fade away after a few years, or get eaten by the squirrels, but daffodils multiple nicely and I'm experimenting with the lesser known bulbs.

Thanks to Carol at May Dreams Gardens for hosting the monthly roundup of blooms.

I especially love how many native plants are growing and blooming!

Bleeding heart and flowering currant

Bear grass!

Trillium

Dodecatheon

Flowering currant

The non-natives are pretty too!

Forget-me-not

Grape hyacinth, transplanted twice while in bloom

Vinca minor - a bit invasive but I keep this patch under control

Creeping phlox

Tulip

Daffodils are hanging on

Anemone

Rock cress

Tulips

Pulsatilla

Fritillaria

Tulips

Tulips dug up for construction, waiting to be replanted

Inside, my African violets are back in bloom, and Christmas cactus has a last few blooms.

What's next? Lilacs, camassia, apples and so much more - spring is here!